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president obama was saying our country has always been in turmoil throughout its history. we have always found a way to get through it. i am not saying insulin not worried about the future and we do not have problems we need to fix -- say i am not worried about the future and we do not have problems we need to fix, but we all want to make a difference for this country. i believe we will be able to solve the problems we face today. >> each year, high school students across the country in washington as part of the senate youth program. leadersk, they met with from all three branches of government. here there insights from the week tonight at 8:00 p.m. on c- span's "q & a." " "washington journal continues. is from thesnyder council on foreign relations. let me to share with you some news since the papers. todayory points out that in tokyo, secretary kerry said the u.s. would protect its asian allies against any provocative acts from north korea. he also said washington was a peaceful solution to the tensions in the region. how did we get there? getting to ams of peaceful solu
president obama was saying our country has always been in turmoil throughout its history. we have always found a way to get through it. i am not saying insulin not worried about the future and we do not have problems we need to fix -- say i am not worried about the future and we do not have problems we need to fix, but we all want to make a difference for this country. i believe we will be able to solve the problems we face today. >> each year, high school students across the country in...
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president barack obama spoke last year can be painted. a superstitious government has kept it mainly bear. -- bare. >> a quick look at some other world news. a volcano in mexico has sent a dense cloud of ash over the central state of puebla. about one million people live within the radius of the volcano. it has been spewing ash almost daily since 1994. first woman to undergo a womb transplant is now pregnant according to the hospital where she had the transplant. she has been getting in vitro fertilization since then. is leaving fort a trip to three african nations, including the world's fourth largest ukrainian producer. he will also visit but name and ghana -- benin and ghana. money, some say it makes the world go round. might be debatable. money or the lack of it is something people all around the world have in common. we have reports on how people are struggling to make ends meet. afghanistan's official unemployment is around 8%. although that number is difficult to verify -- they have tried to hire locally. more than 100,000 jobs wer
president barack obama spoke last year can be painted. a superstitious government has kept it mainly bear. -- bare. >> a quick look at some other world news. a volcano in mexico has sent a dense cloud of ash over the central state of puebla. about one million people live within the radius of the volcano. it has been spewing ash almost daily since 1994. first woman to undergo a womb transplant is now pregnant according to the hospital where she had the transplant. she has been getting in...
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another important thing is that the package that obama put together cleverly is, in essence, the deal he made with boehner more than a year ago, so he's coming back to that and he's in a position to say to republicans,he look, the country wants this. you already agreed to it once. what do you mean you're not accept it? and i think that gives him leverage in this. chris: focusing on the wealthy. the wealthy and saying we're already there. you're now reneging on the deal that you made. it isn't clear that the country actually really wants entitlement reform. if you look at all the -- chris: they never do. >> they never do. the only thing they want cuts to is foreign aid. it's never medicare or social security. chris: general government. on abuse. >> a really hard sell. line thet's bottom question about a grand bargain. we asked the matthews meter, 12 theur regulars, will president's budget plan with its offer on social security cuts bargain?yield a grand i hate these. it's a tie. i hate them. of them, ofand one the six yeses, the only optimism, kelly o'donnell. you told our producer you
another important thing is that the package that obama put together cleverly is, in essence, the deal he made with boehner more than a year ago, so he's coming back to that and he's in a position to say to republicans,he look, the country wants this. you already agreed to it once. what do you mean you're not accept it? and i think that gives him leverage in this. chris: focusing on the wealthy. the wealthy and saying we're already there. you're now reneging on the deal that you made. it isn't...
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concession and i'm guessing president putin would like to modify his position on. the fence and i mention that because it's on the table. that there will be forces in the russian political. system so it's not a sideshow. and as always we want to know what you think about the stories we cover each day here on our team today on our web site on the home page r.t. dot com we've got our online poll last can you where do you think this spat between washington and moscow will lead to well the results so far the majority think that it's not going to be a major crisis that may lead to some tit for tat measures in the future a little less right about a fifth say this will not affect the major cooperation between the two countries and then the rest a slightly less optimistic we can see that nineteen percent believe that this could actually be the death knell for the so-called reset of diplomatic ties between the two while eighteen percent think that this could escalate and severely mean an impact on the relations between the two so that's how we're looking at the moment dot c
concession and i'm guessing president putin would like to modify his position on. the fence and i mention that because it's on the table. that there will be forces in the russian political. system so it's not a sideshow. and as always we want to know what you think about the stories we cover each day here on our team today on our web site on the home page r.t. dot com we've got our online poll last can you where do you think this spat between washington and moscow will lead to well the results...
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president obama to make concessions to let's say. the president. because there is this added to. the concessions and i'm guessing that your president would like to modify his position on defense and i mention that because it's on the table a moment it's an issue that there will be forces in the russian political class. system. so it's not a side. well as always hear it on c we're always interested in your opinion on the stories we're doing here particularly now this one regarding the war of lists ultimately between a rusher in the united states and aussie dot com we're taking your feedback what's going to happen next well the majority of voters it's actually down to forty three percent for this hour saying it's just going to lead to some more minor measures a very distant second i was saying it's not going to affect the cooperation on key issues and curiously enough the let's just go down to green eighteen percent it keeps. getting higher and higher more involved voters from. saying this will be a death knell for the u.s. russia reset in their relationship so the war of lists wha
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president obama to make concessions to let's say. the president. because there is this added to. the concessions and i'm guessing that your president would like to modify his position on missile defense and i mention that because it's on the table at the moment it's an issue that there will be forces in the russian political class with. the mostest. so it's not a sideshow. at all it's he is always a we love getting your opinion on the stories we're covering and we're doing that today as we speak right now. on our web site we're asking you basically what's going to be the off the mouth or even the next step of the war of lists between russia and the u.s. down to forty three percent the majority of all voters though for this hour are saying it's just going to lead to maul mine a tit for tat measures between moscow and washington a distant second saying it's not going to affect the key issues between the two biggest boys on the blog interestingly enough they join third and fourth. in the orange saying it's going to severely affect an equal number saying yes the death knell for the s
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president obama to make concessions to let's say. the president. because there is this and it doesn't deserve any concession and i'm guessing president putin would like to modify his position missile defense and i mention that because it's on the table. that there will be forces in the russian political. system. so it's not a side. as always here at r.t. we love getting your opinion on the stories that we're covering day to day today be no exception oh it's a dot com are asking you basically what's going to be the aftermath what's the next step in line regarding the war of lists between russia and the united states what's going to happen well the numbers mostly mostly unchanged in the past half an hour or so forty three percent saying it's going to lead to more minor tit for tat measures then let's let's pay attention now to what the joint third and fourth position of basically all voters a total of thirty six percent combined orange and green say that it's otherwise it's going to severely affect or it will be the death knell for that of the reset
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president obama to make concession a missile defense the president because there is this adage russia doesn't deserve any concessions and i'm guessing that if president putin would like to modify his position on missile defense and i mention that because it's on the table at the moment it's an important issue that there will be forces in the russian political. compromises to the united states so it's not a sideshow. and as always we're interested in your opinion on be you stories we carry each day on t.v. and on our website and r.t. dot com roski what you think this war of lisp between moscow and washington will lead to well so far we can see here on screen the majority who voted online think the spat would lead to war mind a tit for tat measures from both sides in the future around the fifth believe it won't have much of an impact on the relationship between the two countries at all the rest are split as we can see eighteen percent and eighteen percent they both have less optimistic options some say the relations will be severely hit while others think the row is possibly the death k
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president obama to make concession on let's say missile the french president because there is this adage russia doesn't deserve any concessions and i'm guessing that your president would like to modify his position on european missile defense and i mention that because it's on the table moment it's an important issue that there will be forces in the russian political class the world owes those compromises to the united states so it's not a sarge. and as always it's your opinion we want to know and interested and so today we ask about the fall out of the war between moscow and washington and that's now have a look at our online poll so the majority of you of those who took part actually in the side saying these parts will lead to more minus the four top measures on both sides around a fifth of the believe it will not affect the country's corporation actual and other hump pinions between two less optimistic options and some say they were nations will be severely hit while others saying be raw is the death knell for the u.s. russia reset so you can go and vote online or use our common secti
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president obama to make concessions on let's say missile defense the president. because there is this adage russia doesn't deserve any concessions and i'm guessing that your president putin would like to modify his position on european missile defense and i mention that because it's on the table at the moment it's an important issue that there will be forces in the russian political class the world owes this problem is to the states so it's not a sideshow. and as always we're interested in what you think about the news stories we cover each day and today we want to know what you think moscow and washington spot could lead to well these are the results on our web site online poll and the home page all to don't call them so far this hour we can see the majority believe despite have a major impact it might lead to a few more minutes to the top measures then about a fifth suggests that perhaps no major fallout would occur major corporation will still continue and then the rest a slightly less optimistic eighteen percent believe that this could actually escalate very
president obama to make concessions on let's say missile defense the president. because there is this adage russia doesn't deserve any concessions and i'm guessing that your president putin would like to modify his position on european missile defense and i mention that because it's on the table at the moment it's an important issue that there will be forces in the russian political class the world owes this problem is to the states so it's not a sideshow. and as always we're interested in what...
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president obama to make concessions on let's say missile defense the president. because there is this adage russia doesn't deserve any concessions and i'm guessing that your president putin would like to modify his position on the missile defense and i mention that because it's on the table at the moment it's an important issue that there will be forces in the russian political class the world compromises to stop this so it's not a sideshow. and as always we're interested in your opinion on the news stories we cover each day here on r.t. and we're asking you today on our web site what you think this war of lists between moscow and washington will lead to us on our home page at r.t. dot com so far we can see the results here on screen the majority who voted online think that the spat would lead to more mine a tit for tat measures in the future from both sides but nothing major around a fifth believe it will not affect the country's ties at all meanwhile the rest are split between two less optimistic options here some say the relations will be some very hit while o
president obama to make concessions on let's say missile defense the president. because there is this adage russia doesn't deserve any concessions and i'm guessing that your president putin would like to modify his position on the missile defense and i mention that because it's on the table at the moment it's an important issue that there will be forces in the russian political class the world compromises to stop this so it's not a sideshow. and as always we're interested in your opinion on the...
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president obama to make concession to let's say missile defense the president. because there is this added russia doesn't deserve any concessions and i'm guessing that your president putin would like to modify his position on european missile defense and i mention that because it's on the table at the moment it's an issue that there will be forces in the russian political class the world owes its compromises to. so it's not a sideshow. and as always we're always interested to know what you have to say about some of the major news stories we're covering today and today we're asking you what do you think this spat between washington and moscow will lead to will ease the results online at the moment on the home page you can express your point of view we can see that the majority are saying this isn't going to be a major problem it will just lead to a few more mine up to attack measures in the future brought about a fifth say that this really won't affect cooperation on key issues that won't be a major fallout but then we have some saying at eighteen percent and nin
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president obama to make concessions on let's say missile defense to president putin because there is this adage russia doesn't deserve any concessions and i'm guessing that you president putin would like to modify his position on european missile defense is on the table at the moment it's an important issue that there will be forces in the russian political class who will compromise is to. so it's not a sideshow. or is interested in what you think about the stories we're covering here on our t.v. today on our online poll on r t dot com what you think about this battle back and forth diplomatically in this blacklist war between the u.s. and washington that's going on so far the majority voting online think this will need to law thing more than some minor tit for tat measures from both sides about a fifth think it won't affect the country's ties at all the rest split between two less optimistic options some saying relations will be irrelevant or a severely hit others thinking the spot will bring an end to the reset and u.s. russian relations will submit your vote online dot com or use
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president obama to make concessions to let's say missile defense to president putin because there is this added to russia doesn't deserve any concessions and i'm guessing that you president putin would like to modify his position on european missile defense and i mention that because it's on the table at the moment it's an important issue that there will be forces in the russian political class that will compromise as to. so it's not a sideshow. and as always we're interested in what you think about the stories we cover here on our t.v. and we're always running our regular poll on our team dot com today we're asking what you think will come from all this back and forth between moscow and washington in this sense and where it may lead so far the majority voting online think this spot will go nowhere more than just minor tit for tat measures from both sides around a fifth of the think it won't affect the country's ties at all the rest split between two less optimistic options some saying relations will be severely hit others think the spat brings an end to the so-called reset in u.s. r
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president obama to make concessions on let's say missile defense to president clinton because there is this attitude that russia doesn't deserve any concessions and i'm guessing that if president putin would like to modify his position on european missile defense and i mention that because it's on the table at the moment it's an important issue that there will be forces in the russian political class that the world owes those problem isis to the united states even though the tip and tap that it began in the united states with the magnitsky bill both sides are now going to use this law for own political purposes will be groups in the united states very any russian any putin groups that all want many names on this list will lobby congress for that even putin's name itself and there are any american forces in the russian political class that will match them person for person so for anyone who cares about american national relations thanks to the cooperative relationship that is necessary for him her and national security and russia's national security this is a very bad development. on ou
president obama to make concessions on let's say missile defense to president clinton because there is this attitude that russia doesn't deserve any concessions and i'm guessing that if president putin would like to modify his position on european missile defense and i mention that because it's on the table at the moment it's an important issue that there will be forces in the russian political class that the world owes those problem isis to the united states even though the tip and tap that it...
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president obama to make concessions on let's say missile defense to president clinton because there is this attitude with russia doesn't deserve any concessions and i'm guessing that it president putin would like to modify his position on european missile defense and i mention that because it's on the table at the moment it's an important issue that there will be forces in the russian political philosophy that the world owes its problem isis to the united states so it's not a side show. now you have said that leaders of both countries are not in control of this decline overall in relations how so and how do you think that they can turn things around now when i've already explained the bet obama did not want the magnitsky act it was imposed on him by the american congress and by a congress that included his own political party the democratic party the situation with about president putin i think is more nuanced and i'm less certain about it but in the run up for example to the ban that the duma the russian parliament and. adopted against american adoption of russian orphans there is no
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president obama to make concessions on let's say missile the french to president putin because there is this adage russia doesn't deserve any concessions and i'm guessing that your president putin would like to modify his position on european missile defense and i mention that because it's on the table moment it's an important issue that there will be forces in the russian political class the world owes this problem arises to the united states so it's not a sarge. and of course it's your opinion we're always interested in and today at aussie dot com we ask about the fallout of this war between moscow and washington and less now have a look at how online chants so far the majority view of those who have taken part in this site about saying these spots will lead to more mind that take photons measures on both sides around a fifth of the twenty two percent of you believe it will not affect the country's cooperation atoll and other people have split between other opinions between two less optimistic options some say the relations will be severely hit while others think the ra is the deat
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we're willing to step forward but we want to see positive measures from the north koreans that bring down the harsh and hot rhetoric we've heard so often. >> chris: senator cornyn, a year ago you accused the obama administration of a policy of apiecement towards north korea. how do you think they're handling the situation? >> a i'm not for paying kim jung un ransom. i'm convinced he'll make a mistake or something would happen which would result in the kind of conflict that dick alluded to. i don't see that this policy of paying ransom has been successful. it's a bad movie. we keep seeing reruns. >> chris: senator durbin, you're chairing a hearing this week about the president's drone policy. do you think that congress should have a role deciding when, where, and who the u.s. strikes with drones? >> yes, i do. i think the constitution's clear. the founding fathers said the people of america will decide when we go through war through members of congress. the drones are a new technology but an age-old question, when is america at war? how far can the war go? who are the combatants. when
we're willing to step forward but we want to see positive measures from the north koreans that bring down the harsh and hot rhetoric we've heard so often. >> chris: senator cornyn, a year ago you accused the obama administration of a policy of apiecement towards north korea. how do you think they're handling the situation? >> a i'm not for paying kim jung un ransom. i'm convinced he'll make a mistake or something would happen which would result in the kind of conflict that dick...
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we are willing to step forward but we want to see positive measures from the north koreans that bring down the harsh and hot rhetoric that we have heard so often in the last few weeks. >> chris: senator cornyn a year ago you accused of obama administration of a policy of appeasement your words towards north korea. how do you think you are handling the current. >> i'm not for paying a leader like kim jong un a ransom. i'm concerned heel make a mistake or something could happen which could result in the kind of conflict that dick just alluded to. none of us wants that. i don't see that this policy of paying a ransom just to get him to tone down rhetoric has been successful. just sort of like a bad movie and we keep seeing the reruns. >> chris: finally, 30 seconds left. senator durbin. you are chairing a hear this week about the president's drone policy. do you think congress should have a role in deciding when and where and who the u.s. strikes with drones? >> yes, do i. and i think the constitution is clear. the fonding fathers said the people of america will decide when we go to war t
we are willing to step forward but we want to see positive measures from the north koreans that bring down the harsh and hot rhetoric that we have heard so often in the last few weeks. >> chris: senator cornyn a year ago you accused of obama administration of a policy of appeasement your words towards north korea. how do you think you are handling the current. >> i'm not for paying a leader like kim jong un a ransom. i'm concerned heel make a mistake or something could happen which...
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in just the last month, we witnessed a stunning domino effect of national democrats switching their positions and falling in line in favor of marriage equality. and it wasn't just out of power democrats like the clintons. two days before the supreme court heard oral arguments on the issue last month, missouri's claire mccaskill became the 38th senate democrat to endorse gay marriage. the next day, three more democrats followed suit, three more the day after that. less than 24 hours later, bob casey switched. tom carper did on april 2nd, bill nelson on april 4th, two more on april 5th. then with south dakota's tim johnson switching on april 8th, that meant that in just 16 days one quarter of all united states senate democrats had dropped their opposition to the right of all americans to marry regardless of gender leaving just three senate democrats who still oppose equal status under the law for gay couples. it's not just gay marriage equality where a progressive politics are insurgent. after 19 years of virtually unbroken indifference to gun control, even in the face of multiple mass shooting
in just the last month, we witnessed a stunning domino effect of national democrats switching their positions and falling in line in favor of marriage equality. and it wasn't just out of power democrats like the clintons. two days before the supreme court heard oral arguments on the issue last month, missouri's claire mccaskill became the 38th senate democrat to endorse gay marriage. the next day, three more democrats followed suit, three more the day after that. less than 24 hours later, bob...